‘Technology is only as successful as the person harnessing it’ – 30 quotes of the week on digital transformati

Launched in 2014, StoryBites is a weekly feature from YourStory, featuring notable quotable quotes in our articles of this past week. This special series of quotes focuses on the increasing…

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Our favorite companies from Y Combinator’s W21 Demo Day: Part 2 – TechCrunch

We’ve reached the end of Y Combinator’s biggest Demo Day, which saw more than 300 companies pitching back-to-back over eight hours. Earlier, we highlighted some of the companies that caught…

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[World Tuberculosis Day] These 5 startups are developing solutions for faster TB diagnoses

A severe global health crisis that needs to be addressed, WHO classifies tuberculosis (TB) as one of the top 10 causes of death across the world. In India itself, TB…

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Why IvyCap’s 22X exit from Purplle could make startups a viable asset class

In what is being called a “defining moment” for the domestic investor ecosystem, Indian VC fund IvyCap Ventures earned a whopping 22X return on its early-stage investment in online beauty…

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[Startup Bharat] This Coimbatore startup is providing products that promote a safer lifestyle amid the new nor

Entrepreneur Kavin Kumar Kandaswamy believes that one of the biggest lessons the COVID-19 pandemic taught us is that personal hygiene “is not a choice anymore, but a necessity to keep…

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10 Indian startups that rode edtech’s hockey stick curve in the pandemic

In the last 12 months of the pandemic, online education (edtech) has not only topped user growth and VC funding, but also Twitter trends and Google searches. Between April and December…

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Cross-border fintech Airwallex raises $100M Series D extension at new valuation of $2.6B – TechCrunch

Airwallex, the fintech company for cross-border businesses, announced today it has added $100 million more to its Series D round, bumping its valuation up to $2.6 billion. The extension was…

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